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In today’s digital world it is increasingly difficult to remove ourselves from the constant posts, tweets, photos, memes and messages.  We are inundated with people and companies trying to compete for our attention and redirect it to people and/or things which may not be relevant to us or our lives. With ...

Psychology Week’s annual initiative is here and the focus is “Thriving in the Digital Age”. The Australian Psychological Society (APS) continues its Compass for Life Campaign by raising awareness of how technology can cause negative effects to your mental health. Just like APS, Positive Psychology Centre promotes and facilities change, ...

Starting the school year can be a very exciting time for both children and parents. However it can also be an uncertain and worrying time, particularly for parents whose children are just beginning school, or transitioning to a new school. Perhaps one of the biggest fears for parents is that ...

For many couples the experience of infertility is the first life crisis they confront together. Often they have expectations that pregnancy can be controlled so the realization that they might have a fertility problem comes as a shock. But one in six Australian couples experience infertility. This is defined as ...

Having supportive relationships helps us deal with negative situations. Bullying is a seemingly common experience many are familiar with. Recent research suggests that approximately one in five students report experiencing bullying at least once per week. But it’s not only children or adolescents who are victims. Adults also report being bullied ...